When I was an employee at Quark Expeditions®, I was privileged to be one of the first passengers to experience the Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake expedition when it launched. My husband, Jeff, and I were intrigued by this opportunity to shave 4 days off the time we would otherwise have spent at sea, crossing the Drake Passage.

Are you concerned about issues like arctic climate change and are wondering how you can contribute? Do you care about the Polar Regions but feel powerless or ill informed about what you can do to help conserve these fragile environments for generations to come?

Where do you even begin packing for a cruise to the most isolated and pristine places on the planet? If you’re wondering what kinds of things to take on a cruise to the Polar Regions with Quark Expeditions®, you’re not alone. In fact, it’s one of the questions that’s most frequently asked of our Polar Travel Advisers.

You can always expect the unexpected on your voyage to the Polar regions -- like when luck prevails and we see polar bears on an ice floe within sight of our expedition ships, or when you witness a massive glacier suddenly cracking and calving from your vantage point above beautiful Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

Arctic wildlife are a fascinating lot, thanks, in part, to how they’ve successfully adapted to one of the most challenging environments on earth. Traveling to Polar Regions in the Far North gives us a unique opportunity to see these hardy creatures in their natural environment.

Each year, around the world, we spend over a trillion dollars exploring and experiencing destinations other than those in which we live. Americans alone went out into the world and spent $246 billion traveling internationally in 2015.

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Spectacular soaring cliffs, deep fjords, and icebergs carved by nature into frozen works of art are just a few of the elements that make Greenland as diverse as it is remote. An arctic expedition here can be wild and unexpected, but one thing is for certain: it will change you.

There are plenty of great reasons Greenland has become a top destination for travelers: it’s one of the most naturally and spectacularly beautiful places on the planet, with enough activities and landing sites to fulfill the needs and wants of every type of traveler.

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For 25 years, Quark Expeditions®has been the leading provider of polar adventure travel. With its diverse fleet of specially equipped vessels, unique land-based adventures and seasoned expedition leaders, it offers travelers unparalleled access to the most remote regions on earth: the Arctic and Antarctica.

In 2013, Quark Expeditions® was voted “World’s Leading Polar Expedition Operator” by the World Travel Awards™, received the “Blow the Budget” award from the Amadeus & World Travel Awards™ Travel Experience Awards and was named one of National Geographic Traveler’s 50 Tours of a Lifetime for its “Three Arctic Islands” voyage. In 2014 it earned “World’s Leading Specialist Cruise Line” designation by the prestigious World Travel Awards™.